The Galloping Major is a 1951 British comedy sports film, starring Basil Radford, Jimmy Hanley and Janette Scott.

The title is taken from the song "The Galloping Major", and the plot was centred on gambling at the horse racing track.

People in a London suburb form a syndicate to buy a race horse to run in the Grand National.

It proved profitable at the box office,[4] but producer Monja Danischewsky quit independent production afterwards to return to work at Ealing Studios.

[5] It features appearances by several figures well known at the time, including the jockey Charlie Smirke and the radio commentators Raymond Glendenning and Bruce Belfrage.